In the first three months of 2019, a Google product died every nine days.
FiveThirtyEight introduces a new accountability project to check the calibration of their predictions. In a shocking turn of evens, 70% predictions happened about seven times out of ten. It's almost like statistics works.
In a huge victory for small business owners and entrepreneurs over legalized cartels, Arizona becomes the first state to recognize out-of-state occupational licenses.
Speaking of cartels, the San Francisco planning commission has more members with second homes than members who rent. Maybe that has something to do with their extreme protectionist, anti-growth policies?
Was the college admissions scandal about rich parents helping their kids, or giving the parents the satisfaction of performing pseudo-meritocracy?
Republican Senators introduce a bill to fast-track regulatory evaluation of new birth control products. Congress doesn't have the power to directly mandate over-the-counter contraception, but telling HHS to give priority to assessing such products is about the next best thing.
Kansas Legislature approves a bill giving counties the option to implement open polling in future elections. Note that this bill does not require counties to provide open polling options, so check with your local election office before the race.
After severely damaging their only aircraft carrier last fall, the Russian Navy is considering scrapping it entirely.
